Q: Is 60,235,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 60,235,770 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 60,235,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 70 105 210 373 746 769 1,119 1,538 1,865 2,238 2,307 2,611 3,730 3,845 4,614 5,222 5,383 5,595 7,690 7,833 10,766 11,190 11,535 13,055 15,666 16,149 23,070 26,110 26,915 32,298 39,165 53,830 78,330 80,745 161,490 286,837 573,674 860,511 1,434,185 1,721,022 2,007,859 2,868,370 4,015,718 4,302,555 6,023,577 8,605,110 10,039,295 12,047,154 20,078,590 30,117,885 and 60,235,770, with no remainder.

Since 60,235,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 60,235,770, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).